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Out for Obama / Biden on November Vote on November 4th – BTU Endorsed Candidates See pages 5 - 8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BostonBostonUnion Teacher The Award-Winning Newspaper of the Boston Teachers Union AFT Local 66, AFL-CIO • Democracy in Education • Volume XLI, Number 2 • October, 2008 ALL OUT FOR OBAMA / BIDEN ON NOVEMBER 4th By Garret Virchick As teachers, union members, and vot- In addition, Obama has promised to ovember 4th 2008 promises to be a ers we must be especially clear on the oppose school vouchers, a Republican Nbellwether day in American History. positions of the candidates. On the issue scheme to divert public money to private There are two things that could happen of public education Obama has stated his schools. He also has pledged to fully fund on that day. The American people could intention of rewriting No Child Left Be- and expand Head Start early education go to the polls and elect Barack Obama hind so that it is not centered on punish- programs and he supports additional to the presidency of the United States, ing schools and teachers. His promise to funds for capital improvements to crum- making him the first African American actually provide the resources necessary bling public schools. On educational is- elected to that position in a country where to meet the demands of NCLB stands in sues alone Obama not only deserves our slavery was the law of the land when it stark contrast to eight years of unfunded vote, but demands that we become active Barack Obama started 232 years ago. Or, the politics of mandates from the Bush administration. participants in this election to organize fear may once again win out electing Obama also promises to change the way and educate our fellow citizens as to the John McCain, ushering in four more student progress is measured so that importance of their vote and this election. BTU Endorses years of failed Republican policies. The teachers will not be forced to spend the Where does John McCain stand on choices are clear, even if the outcome is school year preparing students to fill in these issues? As much as he likes to paint Barack Obama uncertain. bubbles on a standardized test. and Joseph (continued on page 4) Biden for Vote No on Question 1 – No Such Thing as a Free Lunch President and If We Want Services, We Need Revenue By Richard Stutman, BTU President have to find another job, or the father would (Committee on Political Education) gave Vice President icture this. The family sits down to have to get a 2nd job. After all, they’re not $150,000 to the Vote No Campaign. Our Pdinner and is about to begin eating going to shut the lights off 24 minutes every contribution is only one small part of what when mom says, “I have some bad news hour. What will; happen to the family will we are doing to defeat Question 1. If you to report. I have lost my job, but not to happen to our state, should the voters ap- want to get involved, please call the BTU worry. We’ll make do on 40% less income. prove Question 1 on November 4. office. Thank you. We’ll eat only five days per week, we’ll ask the bank to reduce our mortgage by 40%, See more information and we’ll walk to work every Monday and Thursday. We’ll shut off the heat and regarding Question 1 lights for 24 minutes every hour and take on page 2 3-minute showers. You kids, can of course, continue to shower for 30 minutes.” Question 1, if approved, will cut the rmit No. 52088 rmit No. “Mom, how are we going to do this?” state personal income tax receipts by 50% MA 02109 oston, Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit U.S. Postage U.S. PAID B “Well, we’ll try it for a while and see effective 1/1/09. The remaining 50% will Pe how we do. It might make us more be eliminated on 1/1/10. Translated, this efficient.” Or it may push the family into means that the state’s total income re- turmoil. ceived each year will drop by 40%. It’s Joseph Biden We all know how the above situation actually quite simple: no one — no gov- would turn out: either the mother would ernment, no family, no individual — can withstand a drop in income of 40%. It doesn’t force efficiency. It creates hard- ship and uncertainty. Or it will raise prop- erty taxes. We can look to New Hamp- shire as a good example. There’s no state income tax in New Hampshire. What they do have, however, is the highest property tax rate as a percentage of per- sonal income in the country. If we cut personal income taxes, we’ll either cut services or raise property taxes. There’s no way around it: it takes tax revenue to provide services. We ask that you get involved in this campaign to defeat Question 1. Literature is available in your schools, and you can Massachusetts AFL-CIO delegates and BTU members Ted Chambers, Martha Cotton, get more information at http:// Angela Cristiani, Alison Doherty-Lacasse and Eileen Weir in a Vote No on Question 1 votenoquestion1.com. This vote is Stand-Out in Andover – Photo by Mary F. Glynn important enough that the BTU COPE Commentary: Schools, Time & Wal-Mart 3 Retirees COLA Veto: BTU’s Concern, RTC’s Outrage, Governor’s Response 9 & 10 AL 66, AFT AL 66, Using Historical Documents in the Classroom BOSTON TEACHERS TEACHERS UNION BOSTON LOC 180 Mount Vernon Street Vernon 180 Mount 11 Massachusetts 02125 Boston, WE SAY NO! ➤ 1199 SEIU ➤ AARP Massachusetts ➤ ACORN TheThe BostonBoston TeachersTeachers UnionUnion SaysSays ➤ AFSCME Council 93 ➤ American Federation of Teachers MA ➤ American Friends Service Committee ➤ Arnold Hiatt VVoteote NoNo onon QuestionQuestion 11 ➤ Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) ➤ Bay State Stonewall Democrats ➤ Boilermakers Local #29 ➤ Boston Assoc. of School Administrators & Supervisors ➤ Boston Chamber of Commerce ➤ Boston DSA ➤ Boston Fire Fighters Local 718 ➤ Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association ➤ Boston Plasterers & Cement Masons #534 ➤ Boston Teachers Union ➤ Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Local 3 ➤ Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. ➤ Chris Gabrieli ➤ Citizens Housing and Planning Association ➤ Citizens for Public Schools ➤ Citizens for Tax Justice ➤ Clean Water Action ➤ Coalition Against Poverty ➤ Coalition for Social Justice ➤ Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU ➤ Community Labor United ➤ Community Resources for Justice ➤ CWA Local 1365 ➤ Delta Projects, Inc. ➤ Early Education for All Campaign ➤ Ethos ➤ Firemen & Oilers Local 3, Chapter 615 ➤ Friends of Joe Lazzerini ➤ Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) ➤ Greater Boston Labor Council ➤ Health Care For All ➤ IBEW Local 96 ➤ Insulators Local 6 ➤ Iron Workers DC of New England ➤ Ironworkers Local 7 ➤ IUEC Local #4 ➤ Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA) ➤ Jewish Community Relations Council ➤ Jewish Labor Committee ➤ Labor Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston ➤ Laborers’ Union Local 22 ➤ Laborers’ Union Local 596 ➤ League of Women Voters of Massachusetts ➤ LGBT Aging Project ➤ Lynn Business Education Foundation ➤ M.O.S.E.S. ➤ Marine Engineers Beneficial Association ➤ Mass Advocates for the Arts, Sciences & Humanities ➤ Mass AFL-CIO ➤ Mass Assoc of Councils on Aging & Senior Center Directors ➤ Mass Assoc. for Community Action (MassCAP) ➤ Mass Assoc. of C766 Approved Private Schools ➤ Mass Assoc. of Home Care Agencies and Area Agencies on Aging ➤ Mass Assoc. of Jewish Federations ➤ Mass Assoc. of School Business Officials (MASBO) ➤ Mass Assoc. of School Superintendents ➤ Mass Assoc. of Special Ed Parent Advisory Councils ➤ Mass Association of School Committees ➤ Mass Building Trades Council ➤ Mass Business Roundtable ➤ Mass Chamber of Business & Industry, Inc. ➤ Mass Coalition of Police ➤ Mass Communities Action Network ➤ Mass Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice ➤ Mass Jobs with Justice ➤ Mass Library Association ➤ Mass Municipal Association ➤ Mass Non-profit Network ➤ Mass Nurses Association ➤ Mass Organization of Educational Collaboratives ➤ Mass Partners for Public Schools ➤ Mass PTA ➤ Mass Public Health Association ➤ Mass Secondary School Administrators’ Assoc. ➤ Mass Senior Action Council ➤ Mass Taxpayers Foundation ➤ Mass Teachers Association ➤ MASSPIRG ➤ Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corps. - MA ➤ NASW ➤ Nat’l Alliance on Mental Illness ➤ Neighbor to Neighbor ➤ New England Joint Board, UNITE HERE ➤ New England Regional Council, Carpenters ➤ Non-Profit Network ➤ North Shore Labor Council ➤ OPEIU Local 6 ➤ Painters & Allied Trades D.C. #35 ➤ Peabody Chamber of Commerce ➤ Peter Meade ➤ PHENOM-Public Higher Ed Network of Mass ➤ Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO ➤ Pipefitters Local 537 ➤ Professional Firefighters of MA ➤ Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts ➤ Providers Council ➤ Public Policy Institute ➤ Retired State, County & Municipal Employees Assoc. of MA ➤ SEIU Local 5000 - NAGE ➤ SEIU Local 509 ➤ SEIU Local 615 ➤ SEIU Local 888 ➤ SEIU State Council ➤ Southeastern Mass. Building Trades ➤ Stand for Children ➤ Steve Grossman ➤ Teamsters Local 25 ➤ The Construction Institute ➤ UAW Mass State CAP Council ➤ UFCW Local 1445 ➤ Union of Minority Neighborhoods ➤ United for a Fair Economy ➤ United Steelworkers of America Local 5696 ➤ USW/Boston Taxicab Drivers Assoc. ➤ Vinfen ➤ Young Democrats Association of Attleboro 2 ❖ BOSTON UNION TEACHER ❖ October, 2008 Commentary: Michael Maguire Schools, Time and Wal-Mart Building a Sustainable Profession hat if for your administrative Wduty you were to stand just inside the main entrance of your school wearing a smiley-face pinned to a blue smock and you were to Why is filing a class size grievance important greet each student who walked through the door with “Welcome to and how is it done? the Wal-Mart public schools. Have a Data shows that the lower the class sizes the better when it comes to meeting student’s nice day.” Sounds crazy doesn’t it? needs. As soon as class size maxima have been exceeded in your class, file the information But for many teachers the Wal-Mart immediately with the BTU directly on the btu.org website.
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